Celtic Communism: The Life and Legacy of James Connolly

Anomie: Anarchy in the 21st Century

In this episode we focus on the intellectual father of Irish left and one of the founding figures of the Irish Republic, James Connolly. Born in poverty in an Irish slum in Edinburgh to famine refugee parents he experienced the reality of industrial capitalism from an early age. During a relatively short life of 48 years; he would help found the Scottish Labour movement; codified Irish Republican Socialism; was an organiser in New York for the International Workers of the World; was one of the leaders of the Irish Transport and General Workers Union during the 1913 Strike and Lockout; wrote the first working class history of the Irish people; and founded and led the Irish Citizen Army in the 1916 Easter Rising.... and those were just some of the highlights of his political life! Given his huge importance and the breadth of his life we very much encourage listeners to peruse the links below for more on his life:

https://youtu.be/mKrncZAqfE0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2t3Q02pZE_I&t=582s&ab_channel=RepublicanNetworkforUnity

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tqGknooC9g&ab_channel=TerryMcMahon